Skala-Podilska
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Abandoned houses, attics, and cellars
Places where people temporarily hid after entering abandoned homes secretly.
Ilnitsa
A place from which the narrators passed during their nighttime movement.
Gralnie
A narrow stream flowing into the Zbruch.
Barshtshav Ghetto
A ghetto associated with killings experienced by the narrator and companions.
Barshchev Ghetto
A ghetto from which Skala Jews were initially rescued.
Shmuel Ouenblik
A Skala-area Jewish partisan who joined a Russian partisan group and fought Germans.
Sarah Blutstein
Person hiding in the first bunker.
Blime Gatesfeld
Person hiding in the first bunker.
Shrencel
Person hiding in the second bunker with her daughter.
Rita Frankel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Judith Shrentzel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Lean (Liebe) Shtakhel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Ettie Shtakhel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Monya Shtakhel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Shmuel Shtakhel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Freide Frankel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Mire Frankel
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Blime Gatesfeld
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Joseph Blutstein
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Chaya Sarah Blutstein
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Sheindl Blutstein
Named member of the underground forest colony.
Malka Shtok
Named in a photograph caption connected with Skala.
Nehemiah Shtok
Named in a photograph caption connected with Skala.
Unnamed survivors
An unnamed group endured winter months with food and protection from murderers.
Matie, King the Steelworker
A play from which the referenced song came.
Segal from Berestechko
Victim murdered at a bunker; given name is not stated.
Rembakha
Ukrainian policeman involved in the bunker attack.
Burdikavitz
Place associated with the Razentsvayg individuals.
Shmuel Shtakhl
Named among the builders of new bunkers in the forest.
Munie Shtakhl
Named among the builders of new bunkers in the forest.
the front
The front is breached, bringing opposing forces closer to the narrators.
Unnamed narrator
A woman describes imprisonment, persecution, and fear for her child.
Ukrainian nationalists
Ukrainian nationalists are described as organizing persecution of Jews.
the narrator
The narrator traveled through fields with a farmer and child.
Peasant's shelter
A peasant provided the narrator and husband temporary shelter.
the narrator’s town
The narrator says the town is no longer a beloved home.